I Am Yours, Mr Chevalier!
The Part 106
Mia stuffed the violin into her bag and tidied up the wires strewn across the floor. He saw Ben was repairing his guitar equipment. Sometimes the man looked at her and smiled.
"You pair of matching duets" Sue chirped suddenly making Ben chuckle.
"Yes, you're very compatible" said Madame Rose who also arrived - suddenly came with her wheelchair.
Mia looks nervous. Ben glimpsed. The man just nodded slowly.
"Nana, I gota go, I've been waiting in the studio" Ben said, holding his guitar and kissing his grandmother. "Mia, Sue, bye bye." Ben waved his hand at Mia and Sue.
Mia looked at Ben's back which started to drift away and disappeared behind the door.
"It's very pretty that boy, isn't it, Mia," Sue said, stammering Mia. Buru - hurriedly shifted his gaze to Sue.
"Yes, I think so," replied Mia. "Emm .. It looks like I have to continue my work, see you later, Ladies," Mia said as she carried her violin bag and passed from the presence of the two women.
"Are you thinking of setting them up?" ask Sue.
"Well, I was thinking about that idea, but, you know, Ben's very hard at opening his heart to women."
"But I think they fit, did you see them on stage? Can you detect chemistry between them?"
Madame Rose nodded.
"I hope so, I really really hope so."
***
Mia looked at the screen of her phone with a smile on her lips. She had a moment with Ben on stage with the help of one of the guard sisters.
Opened his Instagram account and then uploaded the video into his feed.
Such an honor's. Mia wrote three words for her video caption. Then search - find Benjamin Chevalier's name to put the tag in the video, but he did not find the name. It seems that the man does not have an Instagram account.
Mia pressed the button to upload the video. His chest rippled waiting for comments - what comments will be written by his friends who are flat in Indonesia.
Whoa, gilee, playing with Ben Chevalier, Lam?
Duhh, ngiriii tauu!
I could do it, Lam. What dream are you.
Lamiaaa, my goodness, a duet with Ben Chevalier Rebellion? Salamin dong.
Go international aje lu, Lam!
Very nice Ben, aampuuunnn. Lam, mintain's phone number is dumb.
Mia smiled - her own smile read the comments of her friends. Which must have been surprised to see him on one stage with the frontman The Rebellion. There was a sense of pride seeping in his chest.
He looked at the sky - the sky of his room, with a smile still on his lips. Ben's face filled his head. Adjacent to the man made whatever was inside him turbulent erratically.
Why like this?
***
"You like it, Ben?"
"Who?"
"Teacher les Daren."
Ben breathed deeply - deeply. Her eyes traced every inch of Laras' body wrapped in that beautiful white dress.
"No."
"But you feel comfortable being around her, don't you?"
"He reminds me a little of you. I think it's just that."
Laras shook his head, then got up from his seat and walked up to Ben. The woman grabs Ben's hand and kisses him gently.
"The universe is working for you, Ben."
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THE REBELLION STUDIO, TIME WARNER CENTER, MANHATTAN.
Hailey Smith pressed the studio doorbell several times. Waiting for a few minutes, Marry the assistant appeared.
"Good day, Miss .. Can I help you?"
"Hi, I'm a friend of Rebellion, my name is Hailey, I want to visit them."
Marry scrutinized the black-haired woman before him and smiled.
"Wait a minute, Miss." Marry shows Hailey his index finger, hinting her to wait.
Moments later, Marry reappears and lets Hailey in.
"Heey, Hailey?" Marcus who first saw Hailey's arrival exclaimed. The two kiss each other on the cheek.
"Ben is still in the music room" Marcus said as he watched Hailey roll her eyes to and fro. Marcus points towards the glass room where it looks like Ben is still busy with his guitar.
"It's okay, I've come to visit all of you, um . and I'm telling you that I've moved to Manhattan" Hailey said.
"Ohya? Cool!" exclaim Marcus.
"You want a beer?" ask Greg to Hailey.
"Oh, yeah, sure."
Greg headed for the kitchen and a few moments later returned with a bottle of beer that had been opened.
"Thanks" Hailey said, grabbing a bottle of beer from Greg's hand.
"Why did you decide to move here?" liam asked, looking towards Hailey who was sipping her beer.
"Well, it looks like my music career in Chicago is just a street in place. I met a producer from Manhattan, he was going to help me with my solo project, so I decided to just move here."
The three long-haired men nodded - nodding.
"Hailey?" Ben appeared with his half-struck face.
"Hi Ben, long time no see, huh," Hailey said as she stood up and kissed Ben on the cheek.
"How are you?" ask Ben.
"As you can see," joked Hailey.
Ben noticed Hailey's appearance. Gothic makeup that used to be his trademark has now been replaced with a casual style that is quite sweet. The woman looks more mature. His attitude was not as aggressive as before. He looks calm.
Hailey sees Ben looking more dazzling than the last time she saw the man even though his appearance has not changed. Still with a relaxed style. His heart was back pounding.
"I live in Manhattan now."
Ben raised his eyebrows. "Ohya?"
Hailey nodded.
"Cool" said Ben.
"We can hang out together when - when," said Hailey alternately looking at the four members of The Rebellion in front of him.
"Yeah!" marcus is happy.
***
Ashley sits next to Mia who is enjoying a bowl of instant noodles while watching her favorite TV series, Dark. The girl smiled - a smile while looking at her phone.
"Look at the way Ben looks at you" he said, showing Mia his phone screen.
"Why really? It's just normal." Mia commented on the video on her instagram with Ben that Ashley had just shown.
"What's normal, Ben looks amazed at you," Ashley argued.
"Don't make it up - there, Ash."
Ashley clucked. "Aren't you going to have Ben Chevalier's girlfriend?"
Mia. Neutralize the strange swish inside his chest.
"You need to be more active and aggressive, Lammy . I'm sure Ben won't turn you down. At least maybe you can sleep with him, once or twice."
Mia glared and threw a pillow at Ashley. The girl laughed out loud - Bahak.
"Ben couldn't possibly glance at me, Ash." Mia took a deep breath - deep.
"You alone?"
"Huh?"
"You yourself? Do you like it?"
"I? I don't know, I don't know."
Ashley is back.
"You're too passive. Look, Lammy, if you like someone, go after him."
"What am I supposed to do?"
"You just tease him."
Mia slips. What a haphazard idea. He couldn't possibly do such shameful things. Anyway he knows, there's no sign that Ben's watching him.
"I won't do that" said Mia.
"Ppfffft .. You boring virgin!"
***
